Deadman's Park Traditional Cache
DesertRogues: This one is dead like the people interred here.
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A Halloween themed cache, in decon container, located in what seems like a nice little neighborhood park, but was once a pioneer cemetery for the City of Whittier. This cache is filled mainly with Halloween themed items. Those with a sense of adventure and no fear of spirits or ghosts will try this cache at night.
As a boy, Deadman’s Park, as it was known to us, was a place of terror and fascination; many a dare was given to lay down on the ample grass and await the grasp of troubled souls buried beneath, and never would we set foot in the park after dark. The Broadway and Mount Olive Cemeteries were located at the corner of Broadway and Citrus streets, directly across the road from one another. Here lay the remains of Civil War veterans, farmers and oilmen, bankers and thieves. Even old Greek George himself, (of Camel Corps fame) was laid to rest here as were most of the city’s founders. This old cemetery was converted into a park in the 1960’s as it was the victim of neglect and vandalism. Most of the 3,000 bodies still remain, only the headstones are gone and a huge monument listing the names of the dead, is all that is left to show the park visitor what this place once was. The cache is located in the oldest section of the former cemetery, the place in which the oldest and most heavily populated graves are. It is also located near the old caretakers house, built in 1888, which is the first house east of the park on Dorland St. Cranky “Old Lady” Dorland took care of the cemetery until her death in 1940 after which, the cemetery went downhill. These pioneer cemeteries were started in the 1880s, with most of the burials being performed between 1890 and 1920. By the late 1940s, the owners of the cemeteries had died and the parks soon began to deteriorate. The cemeteries were later taken over by the City of Whittier and in 1969 the headstones were removed and the cemeteries were turned into a “memorial-type” city park, named Founder’s Park. The names of the interred are listed in a memorial at the park and the more than one hundred remaining headstones, including Greek George’s, are now located at the Whittier Museum, 6755 Newlin Ave., not far from the park. Check the pictures below for some neat old and new photos. Camel Corps Webpage
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